police brutality in the US
Picture if you will a beautiful sunny afternoon in the middle of San Francisco, Ca. A local group of bicyclists, known as Critical Mass, gather for a peaceful ride through the city. The monthly ride was designed to promote the idea that bikes are a positive alternative to cars. Instead of the normal hundred or so riders a mass of 6,000 or more cyclists gather for the ride. There was a speech from the mayor and then they set off to cruise the city, lead by their arranged police escort. Now picture your self, peddling along enjoying the sight in front of you. Suddenly you see congestion ahead of you. 'What's the problem?' you ask your self. 'Are those police cars blockading the bike course?' You come to a stop. You hear a commotion about the escort being called off and the cops stopping the ride. Suddenly, with your bike at a complete stop, you are torn off your bike by two cops and throw to the black asphalt. Scared and worried, you try to cooperate as much as possible so that the police officers don't confuse you with a criminal. Your helmet comes off your head, the skin on your arms and legs bruised and split as you are brought to lye on the ground. Three Cops, one threatening with pepper
3. Robert Bauman, "Good faith breeds bad cops", http://www.reason.com/9505/Bauman.may.html, Online, circa 97 From what I have said you may get the idea that every police officer is on a holy crusade or is generally out to get you. This is not true; most police officers are good, caring, and levelheaded people. They make the right decisions coming from a neutral and unbiased mind. It is just the abusive cops that cause these crimes. The bad cops thrive as a school bully does, striking fear in minds of his victims; that any mention of the truth to the principal will lead to a beating on the basket ball court. The bully only has power when the kids are divided as individuals. So they rally together to stand up to their bully as one. We to will stand against this grave injustice, these bullies among men. Acting together we the people by the people will stand. Stand against these violations of our trust. Today take your stand, do what is right. Do not fear them because you are armed with the power of your mind, and the sound of your voice. 2. Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of Justice), "Police Use of Force: Collection of National Data", http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/puof.htm, Downloaded Report File, 01/06/98. Unless we want these people to continue trespassing on our liberties with impunity, we must stand up. Unless we speak our opinions and let our voices heard, these rogue 'protectors of the peace' will keep getting away with it. We can't let them win by seeking retribution through violence; we must do the one thing they hate, letting every person in this country no WHAT IS happening and WHO IS accountable. If we do not we will hear more head lines like, "Recent events left four teenagers shot and one man kicked to the ground by Providence police have given organizations incentive to fight to hold police." (Berlin, #5) If there shou
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